Sacred Stones of the Himalayas. Himalayan Quartz.
March 8, 2010 by Symbolic Living
Filed under Inspiration and Wellness
It was sometime in the late 1990’s in the mountainous regions of northern India that I was presented with my first Himalayan quartz crystal. A single point, weighing in at almost three kilograms, it was without a doubt the clearest and most fantastic crystal I had ever held.
“This comes from much upper” my local friend told me with a certain exaggerated, wide-eyed look which would later become his signature expression every time he unveiled another miraculous crystal from its grubby newspaper wrapping.
My friend was a priest at a local temple and was lucky enough to encounter the villagers who had made this amazing find. They had brought a piece into the temple as an offering and were praying for guidance, having little connection with the world, yet knowing they had found something of value.
Their prayer was instantly answered when my friend brought me the first piece. I bought everything they had, so beginning my lifelong pursuit of these amazing gifts of nature.
Over the years, my wife, Maria and I returned many times, staying for months at a time while my local friends combed the villages, listening for word of any new finds.
Alas, there was usually only a trickle and what we did find was often of poor quality or badly damaged. I cannot possibly describe the heartbreak I endured time and time again as we found simply breathtaking specimens with the point completely smashed off or with so many dings and scratches that I wished they had never been disturbed.
This prompted me ever onward and upward, pursuing the dream of one day finding the magical, high altitude places where these wonders of nature formed and have rested undisturbed for millions of years; the untouched plateaus where no footprint exists, save that of the ‘jungli bukrah’ or wild mountain goat.
For years I searched in vain, learning that these places are always the best kept of secrets among the locals and that it was a long way to 4000 meters to find nothing! I visited villages at high altitudes, only to discover that the people were less accommodating than I had imagined and the wide diversity of local dialects made communication difficult. Some didn’t seem to understand even ‘namaste’, the most common of greetings throughout much of India.
I continued to buy any less-damaged pieces I could find from the locals I encountered in the valleys, coming up with only small batches for my months of work. Until one day I stumbled upon the most beautifully forested, pristine valley I had yet encountered. In one of only two villages in the area I met the family who would drastically alter the direction of my search and lead me to the ‘Crystal Shamballah’of which I had dreamed for over a decade.
We now conduct expeditions to high altitude localities in search of the rare hydrothermal conditions and alpine-type clefts which exist in this region and are necessary to produce some of the oldest and most spectacularly clear quartz crystals on our planet.
Using only simple hand tools we carefully extract these rare treasures, leaving as little trace as we can of our activities. The most amazing thing of all is that in these conditions, at high altitudes the crystals just seem ripe for the picking and barely a hammer is struck! In massive clay-filled pockets and fissures, exposed over countless years by erosion, the crystals lie, waiting to be plucked by the gentle hand of the intrepid adventurer who dares!
Now the time has come to bring these magical gifts of the Himalayas to the world. Placing these sacred stones in the hands of lightworkers and healers worldwide they will come to rest in every nation. With this pattern of dispersion we create a Great Planetary Crystal Grid, centered in the mightiest of mountains on our Earth. Maria and I are proud to be the messengers of this land of diversely colorful and ancient spiritual heritage, reaching back into time immemorial, the Himalayas of Northern India.
Coming Soon to Symbolic Living – Himalayan Quartz Crystals.
Exclusive pieces directly from the Himalayan Mountains. More Information Soon.
